I thought it’d be a pain but installing programs through the terminal is actually so nice, I never would have expected it

  • hansolo@lemm.ee
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    I once installed HP shitbox printer drivers from the command line in 30 seconds, and the shitbox printer just…worked.

    My heart soared higher than the eagle. I touched the face of the one true FOSS God, and felt that thing when astronauts have epiphanies about the Earth. 10/10, would recommend.

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      The moment I loved the FOSS community was when I went on an Linux IRC channel, complained about my wifi not working, and some stranger messaged me detailed instructions with a patch in 20 minutes that completely fixed my issue.

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        At the same time it encourages people to just trust whatever people are telling them to input in the terminal, which is potentially dangerous.

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      Mine worked out of the box on mint. Like, it detected the network HP shitbox and I could print, no user intervention. I was floored.